Nottingham City

POhWER is proud to have been delivering advocacy services in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire since 2010. In a recent survey 100% of the people we helped said that we are proactive and responsive. 95% of professionals working with someone we supported said we ensure our clients are put at the centre of processes and decisions.

Laura's story - Independent IMHA support

Laura is 35 years old and has been living with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia for the last ten years. Laura was assessed and detained in hospital under section 3 of the Mental Health Act. Laura requested help from an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) to help her advocate her views at her weekly ward round, as she felt that she was not being listened to by her psychiatrist.

Future plans for Nottinghamshire Advocacy

From 1st October, POhWER will be building on its success delivering advocacy services over the last five years to some of the most vulnerable people in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire by introducing an ambitious new advocacy role aimed at ensuring that people with the need for different types of statutory advocacy will work with just one advocate.

This fundamental change to the delivery of advocacy will move toward an integrated, multi skilled independent advocate role, meaning one advocate will work with a person on a range of health and social care issues, enabling the same advocate to offer the person:

Independent Advocacy under the Care Act 2014

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)

NHS Complaints Advocacy

This change will ensure a more seamless delivery of advocacy services to the people we work with, meaning they receive consistent support, do not to have to repeat their story to different advocates and can rely on advocates having a better understanding of who they are and what matters to them. Over the next three years POhWER will be pioneering this important change to the delivery of statutory advocacy and we want the people we support, professionals and other stakeholders to tell us about how these changes are working and improving outcomes for the people we work with.

In addition to this new role, POhWER will also be delivering Paid Representative services (supporting people under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in a care home or hospital) and two new non-statutory advocacy services in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire:

an advocacy service as part of the Transforming Care programme for people with a learning disability and/or autism at risk of being admitted to or already in hospital for assessment and treatment of their mental health needs and/or challenging behaviour.

For more detailed information about our new services, including the new statutory Independent Advocate role, please visit our website www.pohwer.net or telephone us 8am- 6pm Monday – Friday on 0300 020 0093.

This Bill proposes amendments to the protections available to safeguard our most vulnerable clients, including those with advanced dementia, severe learning disability, mental ill-health or brain injury.

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NHS Complaints Advocacy can support anyone who is unhappy with the care or treatment they or someone they know has received from the NHS and is thinking about making a complaint. Read more about this service.

An IMHA is an independent advocate who is specially trained to work within the framework of the Mental Health Act to support people to understand their rights under the Act and participate in decisions about their care and treatment. Read more about this service.

An Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) can support someone who is not able to make certain decisions about their lives for themselves and has no suitable family or friends to speak for them. Read more about this service.

We provide services across nine county councils/local authorities of Central and East of England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area.
If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

We provide services across London that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area.
If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide services in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

POhWER NHS Complaints Advocacy Self Help Information for NHS Complaints Process.
For those who wish to make a complaint about an NHS service they or one of their family or friends received we have a special NHS Complaints Advocacy Service self help pack.

We provide services across six boroughs of Southern England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area.
If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

We provide services across seven boroughs of West Midlands that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area.
If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

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